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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (born 1936)[â ]
Donald Cortez Cornelius was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993. Cornelius sold the show to MadVision Entertainment in 2008. On November 3, 2023, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
2012WisĹawa Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)[â ]
Maria WisĹawa Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent, she resided in KrakĂłw until the end of her life. In Poland, Szymborska's books have reached sales rivaling prominent prose authors, though she wrote in a poem, "Some Like Poetry", that "perhaps" two in a thousand people like poetry.
2012Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.[â ]
The Port Said Stadium riot was a riot which occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt on 1 February 2012, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between Al Masry and Al Ahly. Seventy-four people were killed and more than 500 injured after thousands of Al Masry fans invaded the pitch following a 3â1 victory by their club. Al Ahly fans were attacked using clubs, stones, machetes, knives, bottles, and fireworks, trapping them inside the Al Ahly partition of the stadium. Many of the deaths were due to police refusal to open the stadium gates, trapping fans inside and causing a stampede. Civil unrest and clashes with police erupted in several major cities, such as Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez, in response to police's handling of the riot.
Founded to teach Americans about Asia, an organization is trying to strengthen ties among Asians too.
The commanding win offered a forceful response to the questions that were raised about Mitt Romneyâs candidacy.
The social networkâs stock offering, expected to value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion, is bound to raise even more concerns about privacy and other issues.
The latest campaign filings showed a crucial source of support for Mitt Romney, as well as his ability to win substantial support from some of the Republican Partyâs most influential and wealthy patrons.
All but one household in Sodeto, Spain, held at least a piece of a winning ticket in the Christmas lotteryâs huge first prize of $950 million, the biggest ever.
Volatility eased as investors appeared to take in stride the latest developments in the European debt crisis and persistent worries about economic growth.
Before Watchmen, telling the histories of the crime fighters featured in Watchmen, is set to start this summer, even if Alan Moore isnât happy about it.
A NATO report based on interrogations portrays an insurgency convinced it is winning even as the United States and its allies enter what they hope will be the Afghan warâs final phase.
The 51-year-old chief of consumer electronics and games has long been seen as a likely successor to Howard Stringer, who led the company since 2005.
The carrier, operating in bankruptcy court, also said it sought to terminate pension plans and to cut benefits.
The character created by Stieg Larsson, along with other rebel girls in books and movies, has inspired fashion designers.
The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the diseaseâs grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.